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s. E OVIATT.

Sled.

Patented Oct). 27, 11863.

1 naenlar -LITHOGRAPH ER. WAS

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

SOLOMOE E. OVIATT, OF RIGHFIELD, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT lN SLEDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,425, dated October 27, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, SOLOMON E. OVIATT, otRichfield, in t he county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Sleds; and .1 do hereby declare that the ihllowing' is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a top view of the sled. Fig. Zrepresents a side view. -liig. 3 represents a Vertical section through one of the beams.

It is principally applicable to sleds having a rurming-gear, or being composed of two or more sets of runners coupled together by a reach-pole To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention,-1 will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents the runners of the sled. B represents the sled-knees. They are made of cast-iron, malleable or otherwise, and are fastened to the runners A by means of the screws or bolts to and the vflange b of the knee. The upper part of the sled-knee is in the shape of a pipe-socket, (represented at c in Figs. 2 and 3,) for the reception of the ends of the sled beam D, which is shaped like a wagonaxle. The concave of the socket is conical, fitting exactly the shape of the axle end, and is secured thereto by means of ascrew or bolt, d, which still permits a free motion of the socket; on said beam. The sled-knees are secured to the top pieces, E, of the runners by means of the screws h and flanges 2. By this arrangement each runner may play freely on its axle-shaped beam. F and G represent the bolsters, which are respectively secured to the front and rear beam of the sled. The bolster F is secured to its beam by means of the king bolt m, to which the reach-pole H is also hun'g by means of the plates 0 and p, and safely secured to the bolster F by means of the chains 1". The end of thereach-pole passes through a suitable inortise between the beam and bolster G of the rear runners, and is secured therein by means of a pin, 8. The front ends of the runners are also secured to the reach-pole by means of the chains a. The lower sides of the bolsters F and-G toward their ends are rounded, so as to give free play to the motion of the runners when they yield in adapting themselves to the inequalities of the road, and the position of the bolsters and of the load resting thereon is not materially afiected when one or the other of them assumes positions as indicated by red lines in the drawings in Fig 2.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The use of cast-iron sled-knees having pipesockets in the upper parts thereof for the reception of the ends of the sled-beams, when constructed and arranged substantially in 'the manner and for the purposes herein described.

SOLOMON E. OVIATT.

Vtitnesses:

H. W. HOWE, S. A. LANE. 

